Trial Book, Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia, 1768
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Title
Trial Book, Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia, 1768
Subject
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Description
This trial book shows the absence of George Mason IV, a presiding Justice of the Peace, in a court case involving the public acknowledgment of the ages of enslaved children, possibly for the purpose of reinforcing their rightless state or documenting personal details in the event they became "manumitted slaves."
Creator
Fairfax County Courthouse, Colony of Virginia
Source
Fairfax Minute Book, 1768. Page 198, "July 17, 1769."
Publisher
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Date
July 17, 1769.
Contributor
Fairfax County Courthouse
Rights
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Relation
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Format
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Language
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Identifier
Photograph by Kye Farrow
Coverage
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Citation
Fairfax County Courthouse, Colony of Virginia, “Trial Book, Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia, 1768,” The Enslaved Children of George Mason, accessed September 19, 2024, https://ecgm.omeka.net/items/show/37.